Improvement in stalk-cutter



dichiari atca @anni @time LUCA-,S S'IADLER, OF'BOWEN, AND WILLIAM ILS'IAATS AND AUGUST C. SCHWANKE, OF LA PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 93,493, dated August 10, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N sTAL'K-CTTER.

J'o whom "it may concern Be it known that we, LUCAS STADLER, of Bowen, in the county 'of Hancock, and WILLIAM H. STAATS and AUGUST O. SCHWANKE, of4 La Prairie, in the county of Adams, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stalk-Gutters; and we do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspectiveI viewv from the rear, and

T4igures 2 andv 3- are sections.

Like letters indicate like partsin each figure.

lhe nature of this invention relates to an improvement in that class of agricultural implements known as stalk-cutters, and consists in the peculiar ar-` rangement and construction of the knives, frame, Ste., as hereinafter more fully described.

A, in the drawings, represents a suitable truck, provided with the pulleys B.

',lo this truck is pivoted the frame C, which carries the knives and rakes, as shown.

To the transverse bar a of this frame, at suitable distances apart, are attached the harrow or drag-teeth l), constructed as shown in fig. 3.

E represents a shaft, running across the lower portion of the frame, and carries the rotating knives F, working against one side of the drag-teeth D, the two making a cntting-alparatus like shears. Y

G are rake-teeth, attached to the shaft E about midway between the drag-teeth. 1

H is a pulley, rigidly attached to either end of the shaft E,to which motion is given by belt or chain from pulleys B.

From the transverse bar J, there extend rods K,

- iig. 2, to thc d1ag-teeth,for the purpose of strengthening thc same.

The longitudinal bar L, extending from the axle of the truck tothe roar end of the machine, is provided with the perpendicular bar M, at the lower end of which is'attached the caster-wheel N.

0 is a lever, attached to the bar u, passing through a suitable guide vand catch on bar L, for the purpose of raising .orlowering the machine, as may be desired. p A tongue may be attached to the truck, or the entire machine may be fastened to the rear end of a wagon..

' This invention -is intended to be used in cutting stalks, and any trash that ,may be lying upon the ground, and its operation may be explained as follows, admitting, however, the supposition that the motivepower is attached to the truck A y By driving over the eld, the stalks or trash upon the saine are gathered up by the drag-teeth D, and knives F, receiving motion from shaft E and pulleys H and B, cut' the same, while the rake-teeth K' throw the stuff backward, and out of the way,'therehy pre- 'venting any cloggingof the machine.

The frame A, being loosely attached tothe truck, allows the machine to play freely up and down, as may be necessary, in going over uneven ground.

XVhat we claim asour inventioinand desire to secure by Letters Patent, i s- 1. rlhe shaft E, provided with cuttersl and arms G, in connection with the drag-teeth D, frame C, truck A, pulleysB and H,.and the belts R, when arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the above-named parts, the hars L and M, caster-wheel N, and lever O, when constructed and operating substantiall y as and for the purposes described.

' LUCAS STADLER.

WILLIAM H. STAA'IS. AUGUS'L` G. SCHWANKE.

Witnesses:

XV. H'. BURKE, JOHN Srnxcic. 

